Rock and a Hard Place

[Intro]

Hell yeah

It's an everyday struggle

Trying to get out, trying to get out, trying to make it

Check this out nigga, what

[Chorus]

I'm stuck in between a rock and a hard place

Bad luck is what results from my paper chase

I keep looking but it ain't no goals

So I don't wanna look no mo', what

I'm stuck in between a rock and a hard place

Bad luck is what results from my paper chase

I keep looking but it ain't no goals

So I don't wanna look no mo', what

[Verse 1]

I need to get away to another day or place and time

And find where reality can ease my mind

And shine on me like the Sun to the Earth

For what it's worth, my turf is rough and rugged so I gave birth

To a dream where cream lies between

All the dirt and the gravel, so I battle to achieve my green

And still try to move forward at a steady pace

Cause bad luck is interfering with my paper chase

So I erase the crime, lies, and sad cries

With sore eyes and keep mines on an up rise

But it don't work cause I'm steady getting jerked

By my neighborhood, up to no good, where bad niggas lurk

They irk me, leaving effects that's too negative

So Ludacris is looking for a better place to live

And I can't stand it, it's really got me bugging

It's like I'm in a war and I just keep on tugging

'Cause I'm

[Chorus]

I'm stuck in between a rock and a hard place

Bad luck is what results from my paper chase

I keep looking but it ain't no goals

So I don't wanna look no mo', what

I'm stuck in between a rock and a hard place

Bad luck is what results from my paper chase

I keep looking but it ain't no goals

So I don't wanna look no mo', what

[Verse 2]

I try to find a way out of this maze, it's got me crazed

I'm in a daze, so many ways to boost into a different phase

But I can't think I can't do nothing, you think I'm fronting

You hear me grunting Lord, you ain't even saying nothing

I need some currency before there's an emergency

Forget crimes, I won't let my mind get the best of me

It's not gon' happen, I'm trapped in two worlds

On one side I see diamonds, on the other I see pearls

It's a whirlwind disaster with two damn sides

So I'm gone with the wind then come right back with the tide

I keep my eyes on the skies and my head in the clouds

And when my mouth is shut up, it makes my thoughts get loud!

Just like a crowd in a stadium, mills I be craving them

Money making schemes locked up in my cranium

Cause I need out of this critical situation

My mind's in jail, I don't know the time that it's facing

Cause I'm

[Chorus]

I'm stuck in between a rock and a hard place

Bad luck is what results from my paper chase

I keep looking but it ain't no goals

So I don't wanna look no mo', what

I'm stuck in between a rock and a hard place

Bad luck is what results from my paper chase

I keep looking but it ain't no goals

So I don't wanna look no mo', what

[Verse 3]

I'm sick of knocking, I'm sick of clocking

I'm sick of dropping in a hole, never reaching my goal

It's got my soul separated into pieces, it just increases

I'm hit with anger like a cook's hit with hot greases

So if you understood my attitude

Maybe you'd feel what I'm feeling

And it'd start appealing

To your intellect and aspect of dreams and aspirations

Death by temptations, even got my heart pacing

So I'm tracing a line where I can find a better path

And make it last, sit back and laugh before the aftermath

The tragic flaw is what makes it raw

So let it thaw and I'll get through it even if I have to crawl

My way, I see the sun and there's no delay

I'ma pray, cause the Lord'll make a brighter day

Or will he keep me in this holding cell?

But enough with the questions, the only story to tell is that I'm

[Chorus]

I'm stuck in between a rock and a hard place

Bad luck is what results from my paper chase

I keep looking but it ain't no goals

So I don't wanna look no mo', what

I'm stuck in between a rock and a hard place

Bad luck is what results from my paper chase

I keep looking but it ain't no goals

So I don't wanna look no mo', what